Where does “pulchritude” come from?

pulchritude (English) comes from Middle English pulcritude, from Latin pulchritūdō, from Latin pulcher, from Latin polcher.

pulchritude (English): Physical beauty

Definitions

  1. Physical beauty

Ancestry of “pulchritude”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishpulcritudephysical beauty; pulchritude
2Latinpulchritūdōbeauty, attractiveness
3Latinpulcherbeautiful, fair, pretty; noble, honorable,...
4Latinpolcher—
Every word from Latin polcher →Every word from Latin pulcher →Every word from Latin pulchritūdō →